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Tristan Da Cunha - Pre Stamp Cachets continued...

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Type IX, 1950, two covers addressed to USA, first on Cardonia stationery with fair strike of the cachet plus octagonal "T 10c" due marking, 2-line "Postage Due 4 Cents/ Foreign Sect G.P.O.N.Y" handstamp, Cape Town/ Paquebot 22.II.50 cancel, USA 2c Dues affixed (partially over cachet) and cancelled by partially struck double oval cancels; second cover (unsealed) with octagonal "T 10c" and circular "Due 4 Cents" markings plus Cape Town/ Paquebot 22.II.50 and circular New York, NY/ G.P.O. undated cancels, Very Fine pair (Image 1)

75

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Type IX, 1948/50, 11 covers plus a 1960 cover to South Africa, includes 1948 to England with type VII and IX cachets, a 1950 postcard to USA with a handwritten note attached by staple with note from islander "This island has no Post Office all postage has to be paid by the receiver/ Tristan Da Cunha", etc., generally F-VF (Image 1)

250

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Type X variety, Crawford's cachet "F", 1943, Crawford's map of the island ("The Tristan Times", Aug 1 1943, supplement no. 2) folded in half vertically, back side with his well struck "A.B.C." dated double-oval cachet with a manuscript "Sup. 2" above the date, signed "A.B. Crawford" and with added notation "Surveyor of the Island/ 1937-38. (Norwegian/ Scientific Expedition).", Very Fine; this cachet would come back to the island in 1946/47 but with the "A.B.C." initials removed, becoming the Type X cachet (Image 1) (Image 2)

75

SOLD for $140.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-01, 02:48 PM

Type X; 1948, nice strike of "6 Mar 1948" dated cachet along with a Type VII cachet on envelope with "The Tristan Venture" cc and printed cachet, addressed to South Africa, envelope with few small age spots and lightly folded in half in each direction, Fine; "The Tristan Venture" (organized by Rev Lawrence to promote commercial fishing) printed 200 envelopes but only 21 covers are known to exist, this being cover #11; the Type X cachet shows one of two private use days during the Venture expedition (Image 1) (Image 2)

75

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-01, 02:48 PM

Type X; 1950, light strike (as often) on an envelope from an islander addressed to Allan Crawford in Cape Town and then forwarded, "Cape Town/ Paquebot" 1950 cancel with a boxed "Postage Not Collected" and circled "T 2D" due handstamps, South Africa 2d Dues (one for the incoming postage due, the other for forwarding fee); one faulty) tied by double-circle cancels, backflap missing, Fine the boxed Cape Town handstamp is seldom seen on Tristan mail (Image 1) (Image 2)

60

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Type X, 1950, good strike of the dated cachet on an envelope addressed to New Zealand with mixed GB/ New Zealand franking tied by "Cape Town Paquebot 5.X.50" cancel, slight offset of the cachet on the back side, with letter enclosure dated 24 Apr 1950 and confirming to the recipient that the letter was sent out on that date, it is signed "Arthur" (Glass?), Very Fine, traveled on the "MFV Pequena" (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Type X; 1950, fair strike (dated 3 Nov 1950) on an envelope addressed to Scotland, GB 2½d Silver Wedding tied by "Cape Town/ Paquebot 13 Nov 50" cancel, "Potato" stamp affixed at lower right, Fine use, the Type X cachet was derived from Allan Crawford's private cachet used from 1943-45 and was put into use (without the initials) beginning in March of 1950 noting some deterioration had taken place (Image 1) (Image 2)

60

SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-01, 02:49 PM

Type X variety, Month in Numerals; 1951, light strike of the cachet dated 29-9-1951 on an envelope addressed to a collector in Australia, circled "T 2D" due marking (unpaid), Very Fine; unusual destination; accompanied by original enclosure from Administrator Hugh Elliot dated 28.IX.51 explaining returning "...International Reply Coupons, which are not of course negotiable until a Post Office opens here. We have no official postmark" (Image 1)

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60

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Type X variety, Month in Numerals; 1951, light strike of the cachet dated 29-9-1951 on an envelope addressed to a dealer in England, circled "T 2D" due marking is crossed out and a "2D To Pay 242" handstamp is added with a manuscript "½" added, GB ½d and 2d Dues affixed and canceled by indistinct postmarks, Very Fine; this marking was the last of the pre-stamp cachets and was used for just six months in 1951; this cover shows some of the confusion among postal workers about the rates from Tristan (Image 1) (Image 2)

60

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Type X variety, Month in Numerals; 1951, light strike of the cachet dated 23-10-1951 on an envelope from an islander addressed to England, circled "T 2D" due marking (not collected) plus diamond postal census marking indicating arrival in the UK during October or November, Very Fine; it is unknown why the date setting was changed form letters to numerals with theories ranging from administrator whim to a failure with the cachet (Image 1) (Image 2)

60

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Type X, 1950/51, 7 covers incl 1950 with Pitcairn Isl franking (2) and 1951 with Turks & Caicos franking (cachet date in numbered form), F-VF (Image 1)

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SOLD for $110.00
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Type XI, 1962, near-perfect strike on an envelope addressed to USA, South Africa 1½c tied by "Cape Town Paquebot 7.II.62" cancel, boxed "S.A.S. Transvaal" handstamp, a light wrinkle on the left edge the only mar to the cachet, Very Fine mailing from the 1st official mail (see Crabb pg 282-83) (Image 1) (Image 2)

200

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Type XI variety, 1963, strong strike of the cachet on an unsealed SS Argentina envelope showing residue from the removal of the "Royal Society" inner script, South Africa 2½c Settlers' Monument tied by "Cape Town/ Paquebot 11.III.63" cancel, additional strikes of "SS Argentina Captain's Office" and "Gough Island M.V. Tristania" circular handstamps plus a "Gough Island" straight-line, Very Fine (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Type XII, 1962, five covers with the framed cachet plus an additional strike of the Type XIII cachet, each with South Africa Franking and Cape Town Paquebot cancel except on with Tristan #20 tied by Tristan cds and addressed to USA; includes one cover with Type XII cachet showing a feint break as in the Type XI cachet, two covers marked "Landing of advance party for resettlement Tristan da Cunha", F-VF (Image 1)

100

SOLD for $140.00
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Tristan Da Cunha

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1939 Cacheted Cover to Tristan da Cunha, envelope with printed cachet showing and offshore view of the island franked by Netherlands 12½c Wilhelmina, tied by Vlissingen 18.I.39 cancel, addressed to "Mrs Frances Repetto/ Tristan da Cunha/ via London and further/ with S.S. Viceroy of London" (last two lines of the address crossed out), backstamped Bombay G.P.O. 3 Apr 39 and with message from ship's clerk on backflap reading "Received on board/ Viceroy of India/ @ Bombay/ 30/3/39/ This ship called at/ Tristan da Cunha 11/2/39", Fine and attractive cover sent by Jan Bander (author of "Tristan 1506-1950") (Image 1) (Image 2)

75

SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-01, 02:50 PM

Tristan Da Cunha - Pre Stamp Cachets

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World War II Censor Mark, bold strike of the "tombstone" censor mark in blue- violet rather than the usual red, partially overlaps the "Post Office/ Maritime Mail" handstamp, addressed to Kingston-On-Thames, England and forwarded to Nottingham, Very Fine; cover from the garrison commander, Lt Cdr EJ Wooley (also surgeon) and addressed to his wife or mother and it is only from his dated initials in the censor handstamp ("E.J.W. 13/10") that it is certain the cover originated in Tristan; accompanied by a 1943 folded hand-written note on "Naval Message" form certifying the presence of mice and rats on the island and that they are "not related to each other and are separate and distinct species", nice strike of the "Medical Officer-In-Charge/ Tristan Da Cunha/ 19 Jul 1943" double oval handstamp (Image 1)

100

SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction before Oct-01, 02:50 PM

Tristan Da Cunha

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1948/51 Islander Mail Assortment, includes 1948 cover (two strong type VIII cachets) to England with letter including a photo of the Walker family; 1948 cover to Mrs Veal in England with type VII cachet and charged postage due on arrival (accompanied by response from the P.O. on why postage due assessed); picture postcard from 1950 "Caronia: visit addressed to USA with type IX cachet; 1950 cover to Mrs Veal in England with type X cachet and charged postage due (2); a 1951 two-page handwritten letter from Marjorie Rogers to Mrs Veal, etc., F-VF; nice lot of postal history from the period (Image 1)

150

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Tristan Da Cunha - Pre Stamp Cachets

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Unofficial Cachets; 1949/50, "Tristan Da Cunha" and year date in a 45mm double circle, one dated 1949 struck on an envelope with hand-written message from Rev Lawrence dated "3.11.50" and with comments including "This frank was discovered by me on Tristan - to the best of my knowledge it has not been used....However no collection of early frankings can be considered complete without a copy of it.", accompanied by a strike of the frank dated 1950 struck on piece of paper originally sent as a block of six to Dr Boertie Davidson (block has been broken for collectors), Very Fine, the frank is believed to have been made by John Butler of the Tristan Development Co. (Image 1)

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SOLD for $475.00
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Non-Official Cachets, Butler/ Wilkinson, 1949, two covers to England with the unofficial cachet (Type "L") which closely resembles Type VIII and is most likely to have been produced by John Butler of the Tristan Development Co. and is most associated with envelopes typed by Wilkinson, one cover with clear strike of the marking and manuscript "4" due (unpaid), the other cover with two strikes tying GB ½d, 1½d, 2½d George V plus a strike of the Type IX cachet (the only recorded cover with dual official/ unofficial cachet strikes), F-VF (Image 1)

75

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Non-Official Cachets, Edgar Weston (Victor Marsh), 1951, "Tristan Da Cunha/ Edinburgh Settlement" ("Horseshoe") cachet on an envelope addressed to Marsh, the cachet ties GB ½d Due, typed "P.P. Rate/ Postage Due ½d" at upper left, GB 3d Due affixed and tied by "Richmond and Twickenham 23 JU 51" cancel with another strike adjacent to the cachet, "3D O2L" due marking, Very FinernIn 1951, Edgar Weston (a.k.a. Victor Marsh), who supplied the Type III cachet, attempted to have a new cachet authenticated. He sent a batch of 1,000 covers, pre-stamped and already franked with this new "Horseshoe" cachet to the island. His intention was to have the covers included in the regular Tristan mail by Mrs Lily Glass. However, the administrator declined to approve this scheme and the covers were returned in bulk. Weston dropped some of these returned covers (as offered here) in an attempt to authenticate the use. The handstamp was sent to Mr Harding, the island's schoolteacher who used it privately on mails (a 1956 airletter is included showing his use of the cachet) (Image 1)

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